Verboticisms

Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: re ak tor re ak shun

Sentence: After the professor gave his lecture about nuclear proliferation and its destruction of our world, Enola had a reactoreaction. She worried that her nuclear family would not understand and would be in con-fusion if they knew about this disaster. Their fission vacations would change, no more gathering mushrooms and they would have a chain reaction to this news. She decided not to alarm them and to instead just Fermi la bouche!

Etymology: Reactor ((physics) any of several kinds of apparatus that maintain and control a nuclear reaction for the production of energy or artificial elements) & Reaction (a process in which one or more substances are changed into others & an idea evoked by some experience)

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: de fish on see

Sentence: Pierre was terribly afraid of nuclear war. In fact he was suffering a severe defissioncy. When people joked about nuclear holocaust to him, he always said "Fermi la bouche!"

Etymology: Deficiency (something lacking) & Fission (a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy) Enrico Fermi (Italian nuclear physicist (in the United States after 1939) who worked on artificial radioactivity caused by neutron bombardment and who headed the group that in 1942 produced the first controlled nuclear reaction (1901-1954))

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Created by: mrskellyscl

Pronunciation: new-cle-angst

Sentence: To see Grandma now, you'd never know that she once was a hippie anti-war protester whose nucleangst gave her the courage to face lines of National Guardsman putting flowers in the barrels of their rifles.

Etymology: nuclear: of, using or posessing atomic bomba + angst: a feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression

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Created by: kateinkorea

Pronunciation: WER ee WART MONG ger

Sentence: Joe is such a worrywartmonger. He thinks everyone is out to start a war. He has his whole basement lined with canned goods, and he swears his next door neighbour is having seances with Hitler.

Etymology: WORRYWART: Someone who worries about a lot of things WARMONGER: a person who tries to start wars and encourage others to start wars

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Created by: GlobalGallery

Pronunciation: Kevin-Bacon-Neutron-Star-o-phobia

Sentence: 1. A Neutron Star is an astronomical object in the dying stages of it's existence. 2. A star that is dying could be referred to as a Death Star. 3. The Death Star is a fictional moon-sized space station and superweapon occupied by Darth Vader and his crew. 4. Darth Vader is the cental antagonist in the Star Wars films. 5. 'Star Wars' was the pet name for the SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) proposed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. 6. The SDI was designed to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles. =Kevinbaconeutronstarophobia

Etymology: Based on the trivia game 'The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon' that links many major Hollywood actors to Kevin Bacon through six or less interconnecting film roles.

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COMMENTS:

great blent of what is and what might be, a very savvy insight into fact and sci-fi. Extraordinary! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:39:00

blend not blent, darn my fingers! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:39:00

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: feer - oo - sheem - ah

Sentence: Nester constantly watched documentaries and read dozens of books about the cold war, World War II, nuclear capabilities and armaments. Although he had learned a great deal of history and could expound on scientific theories, knowing more about these topics also resulted in a great deal of fearoshima for Nester. He began to fret more and more that the end could be near.

Etymology: Fear + Hiroshima >>>Fear (be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event) Hiroshima (a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan; on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed by the first atomic bomb)

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COMMENTS:

Powerful verbotomy - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 09:25:00

hehehe - galwaywegian, 2009-02-04: 10:48:00

excellent - Jabberwocky, 2009-02-04: 12:44:00

I agree...excellent! - kateinkorea, 2009-02-06: 02:21:00

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Created by: abrakadeborah

Pronunciation: ka-boom-uh-feers

Sentence: Gallon Greensplane, was sure that he could ease the kaboomafears of the others...as he explained how safe the new G.S.O.N.C.B.'s are. (*Global Swarming Organic Nuclear Cold Bombs)

Etymology: Kaboom -is an onomatopoeia representing the sound of an explosion. A Fear- A distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.

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Created by: OZZIEBOB

Pronunciation: KA-boom-OM-ee-nee

Sentence: Whenever Bob heard the words nuclear winter, shivers of kaboomominy koreered down his back.

Etymology: KABOOM: onomatopoeia: A loud noise heard with an explosion. "With the drop of the atom bomb, a loud kaboom was heard. " & OMINY (clipping of ominous); threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; presaging ill fortune; "ill omens"; "ill predictions."

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COMMENTS:

Great descriptive sentence and word... we's all felt shivers of kaboomominy! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 22:26:00

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Created by: splendiction

Pronunciation: nu clear harms race

Sentence: At the suggestion that a large number of nuclear weapons exist globally, the group, strangely didn’t admit the need for a nuclearharmsrace that many others did.

Etymology: This word is a combination of "nuclear arms race" and harm. Nuclear weapons are extremely harmful to the human race.

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COMMENTS:

Wonderful sentence! Well-crafted verbotomy! - silveryaspen, 2009-02-04: 22:46:00

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: nookleefeer

Sentence: Every news report about Iran's efforts to develop an atomic bomb adds to Walter's nuclefear.

Etymology: nuclear (pertaining to or involving atomic weapons) + fear (a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc)

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